Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain
Spain: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 95.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Spain recorded 95.8% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain peaked at 100.0% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 90.5%, in 2005.
Spain ranks 53rd of 108 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 99.4% | 99.4% | 99.4% | 1 |
| 1980s | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 8 |
| 2000s | 93.9% | 90.5% | 100.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 93.7% | 91.7% | 98.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.5% | 95.0% | 95.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More education data for Spain
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 248,253 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0051 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Spain was 95.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1992.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.5% in 2005.
- How does Spain rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Spain ranks 53rd out of 108 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release